STARCRAFT 2 - MSI BEAT IT OCEANIC QUALIFIER ANNOUNCED
June 23rd, 2014
MSI Australia announces four Open Qualifiers in July leading to a Top 16 Finals in August. The winner of the Finals will win a place in the MSI Beat It Finals in Taipei, Taiwan in November and $1000 in flight support!
Qualifier Schedule:
Open Qualifier One – July 5th 2014 (Starting 10am AEST)
Open Qualifier Two – July 12th 2014 (Starting 2pm AEST) Open Qualifier Three – August 2nd 2014 (Starting 2pm AEST)
Open Qualifier Four – August 9th 2014 (Starting 2pm AEST)
Single Elimination Bracket - Top 4 Players will advance to final stage on August 16th. Players will play for seeding from 1st-4th. Once qualified players may not enter future open qualifier events.
Tournament Format:
Single Elimination.
- All series Bo1
- R8, Semi's + 3/4th place Bo3
- Grand Final Bo5
Map Pool:
- Alterzim Stronghold TE
- Merry Go Round LE
- Frost LE
- Habitation Station LE
- Overgrowth LE
- King Sejong Station LE
- Waystation
Only the official Blizzard maps (with the Blizzard logo) are to be used.
All Map Vetoes and Map Choices must be made prior to the start of a Match.
For all Matches, the higher seeded Player must choose to act as Player A or Player B.
For all Best of 3 Games Matches, Player A must veto one Map first, then Player B must veto two Maps, and then Player A must veto one more Map. The vetoed Maps will not be played in the Match. Player B must choose the Game 1 Map and then Player A must choose the Game 2 Map. The Game 3 Map will be the Map that hasn't been chosen or vetoed.
For all Best of 5 Games Matches, Player A must veto one Map first and then Player B must veto one Map. The vetoed Maps won't be played in the Match. Next, the Players must alternate choosing each Game's Map, starting with Player A choosing the Game 1 Map. The Game 5 Map will be the Map that hasn't been vetoed or chosen for Games 1-4.
No Map may be played more than once in a Match, except in the case of a stalemate, where the map is to be re-played.
I really want to encourage people to enter these tournaments.
Last year I had to fight very hard to get AU/NZ into Beat IT and this year because of the interest I got previously we were handed more qualifiers and more money.
Right now very few people have played or showed interest. The prizes is a trip to Taiwan!
Please consider signing up for the tournament tomorrow, I also need a caster to broadcast the games. I am concerned that we won't be given this kind of opportunity next year with Beat IT or with other organizations who are closely watching this event...
I was going to have today off, but one of the guys at work called in sick. I tried to write this post about 2 hours ago but got really busy.. Sorry I couldn't make it.
Might try and make it to the 4th qualifier. People should get behind this, it is a really great opportunity for someone to represent our region on the international stage!!
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